{"id":1361,"date":"2012-11-28T08:15:23","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T15:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/billintheblank\/?p=1361"},"modified":"2012-11-28T08:15:23","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T15:15:23","slug":"self-esteem-test-how-would-you-describe-yourself-in-just-one-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/faithwalkers\/2012\/11\/self-esteem-test-how-would-you-describe-yourself-in-just-one-word\/","title":{"rendered":"Self Esteem Test: How Would You Describe Yourself in Just One Word?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Annoying.<\/p>\n

My six-year-old son\u00a0recently began describing himself with that one word \u2014 annoying.<\/em> He took some pride in it, in fact. Maybe it was because he\u2019d been watching Dennis the Menace<\/em> a few times too many. He does resemble Dennis a bit, come to think of it.\u00a0More likely it\u00a0had more to do with his siblings labeling him as just that on far too many occasions. You\u2019ll be happy to know he has now switched to another, more fitting word \u2014 handsome.<\/em><\/p>\n

Take a simple self esteem test. How would you describe yourself in just one word? Or, if you told, would you have to kill us?<\/p>\n

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Assuming for the moment that your word would not be psychotic,<\/em> I was reminded of the power of the words we say to ourselves as I read John Maxwell\u2019s The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential<\/a>\"\". Maxwell quoted Kevin Hall\u2019s book Aspire: Discovering Your Purpose Through the Power of Words<\/a>\"\"\u00a0which is now on my Amazon wish list:<\/p>\n

The first thing I do when I am coaching someone who aspires to stretch, grow, and go higher in life is to have that person select the one word that best describes him or her.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That got me thinking: what would be my word?<\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve noted before, words have meaning<\/a>. And power.\u00a0Words are tags for ideas. And ideas have consequences. \u201cAs a man thinks, so is he.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

As Christ-followers,we should be among the first to understand this. Consider a brief survey of Scripture:<\/p>\n